paint.net

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Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for
PCs that run Windows. It
features an intuitive and innovative user interface with
support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of
useful and powerful tools. An active and growing
online
community provides friendly help,
tutorials, and
plugins.

It started development as an undergraduate college senior
design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being
maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it.
Originally intended as a free replacement for the
Microsoft Paint
software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful
yet simple image and photo editor tool. It has been compared to
other digital photo editing software packages such as
Adobe® Photoshop®,
Corel®Paint Shop Pro®,
Microsoft Photo Editor, and
The GIMP.